Guardian Commercial Protection Services - Part 2

Here are a few more reasons why you should consider our Guardian Commercial Protection Services for your business.

Guardian Standard Commercial Protection Program
Guardian Commercial Protection is our standard program designed to defend most commercial properties against unwanted pests. Guardian Basic Commercial Protection Program includes:

• a thorough inspection of your facility and surrounding property 
• treatment of exterior foundation, eaves, window sills and trees 
• inside treatment monthly 
• reports showing what was done, what materials were used, and what you can do to help us maintain control over the pests at your facility

Help Obtaining Leeds Certification
We can assist you in meeting the following LEEDS Certification Requirements: Sustainable Sites SS Credit 3 Indoor Environmental Quality EQ Credit 3.9

Customized Service Programs
Since every property is different, Dave's Pest Control offers tailored service programs designed to meet your specific pest management needs. Dave's will conduct a comprehensive inspection of your facility and surrounding property to identify key problem indicators like colony sources, potential entry points for rodents, evidence of termites, and more. Once identified, Dave's will recommend the best solution for your specific pest problem.

Looking to Purchase or Resell an Existing Property?
Dave's Pest Control is Wood-Destroying Insect Certified. Before a building is sold or refinanced, a wood-destroying insect inspection is recommended.

Taking down an existing building?
Dave's Pest Control will help you comply with Massachusetts laws for rodent control during demolition.


If you're interested in discussing Guardian Commercial Protection Services for your business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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Serving Central Massachusetts
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Guardian Commercial Protection Services - Part 1

Over the next few days, I'll be talking about our Guardian Commercial Protection Services, a great way to protect your business from unwanted and destructive pests.


Let Our Business Help Keep You in Business
A single pest can trigger the decline of any business by gnawing through wires, contaminating food products, destroying goods and more. Whether you run a supermarket, school, warehouse or restaurant, you simply cannot afford a pest infestation.

Quality Service at a Reasonable Cost
Dave's trained professionals will thoroughly inspect your facility to identify both problem areas and potential problem areas.

After determining the best method for eliminating any existing trouble spots and preventing future infestations, Dave and his team will come up with a customized maintenance service program to fits your unique needs. You will receive a detailed written estimate to help you make your decision to do the right thing for your business.

Dave's Pest Control prides itself on providing quality personal service to the local Worcester county community at significantly lower prices than some of the larger corporations.

Services

• Mosquito Control
• Termite Bait Systems
• Rodent Prevention and Elimination FHA and VA Real Estate Inspection
• envirocare™
• Green Pest Control Program
• Help getting LEEDS certification
• Customized Maintenance Programs

Pests Covered

• Ants
• Bats
• Bees
• Bed Bugs
• Birds
• Carpenter Ants
• Cockroaches
• Earwigs
• Hornets
• Mites
• Rodents
• Silverfish Spiders
• Ticks
• Wasps

If you're interested in discussing Guardian Commercial Protection Services for your business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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Serving Central Massachusetts
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Cat Vs Mouse

Of course, if you do not own a cat, your best solution is to call Dave at 1-800-400-6009!

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Guardian Residential Protection Services - Part 2

Here is more information about our Guardian Residential Protection!

Guardian Home Protection is our standard program designed to defend most homes against unwanted pests. Guardian Basic program includes:

a thorough inspection of your home and surrounding property treatment of exterior foundation, eaves, window sills and trees inside treatment if necessary reports showing what was done, what materials were used, and what you can do to help us maintain control over the pests at your facility

Customized Service Programs
Since every home is different, Dave's Pest Control offers service programs that are tailored to meet your specific pest management needs. Dave's will conduct a comprehensive inspection of your home and surrounding property to identify key problem indicators like colony sources, potential entry points for rodents, evidence of termites, and more. Once identified, Dave's will recommend the best solution for your specific pest problem.

Real Estate Inspection
If you're planning on selling or refinancing your home, you will need a wood-destroying insect inspection. FHA and VA Loans require wood destroying insect (WDI) reports prior to financing. Luckily, Dave's is Wood-Destroying Insect Certified and can help you with this.

If you're interested in discussing Guardian Residential Protection Services for your home, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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Serving Central Massachusetts
www.davespestcontrol.net

Guardian Residential Protection Services - Part 1

Maintain Your Biggest Investment
Your home is your biggest investment. Chances are you've protected your investment with a solid homeowners insurance plan. But do you have a protection plan against the threat of nasty home invaders like termites, carpenter ants, and rodents?

Wood-destroying insects like carpenter ants and termites, for example, cost us billions of dollars every year. More than 90% of the homes in the US are wood framed. But even homes built of masonry and steel serve up delicious wood treats and places to live for these pests. Left unchecked, they systematically destroy our homes and valuable wood objects in them. Most homeowners policies do not cover termite and carpenter ant damage. Dave's Pest Control can help.


Quality Service at a Reasonable Cost 
Dave's trained professionals will thoroughly inspect your home to identify both problem areas and potential problem areas. After determining the best method for eliminating any existing trouble spots and preventing future infestations, Dave and his team will come up with a customized maintenance service program to fit your unique needs. You will receive a detailed written estimate to help you make your decision to do the right thing and protect your home and family.

Dave's Pest Control prides itself on providing quality personal service to the local Worcester county community at significantly lower prices than some of the larger corporations.

Services

• Mosquito Control
• Termite Bait Systems
• Rodent Prevention & Elimination FHA and VA Real Estate Inspection
• envirocare™
• Green Pest Control Program
• Customized Maintenance

Programs Pests Covered

• Ants
• Bats
• Bees
• Bed Bugs
• Birds
• Carpenter Ants
• Cockroaches
• Earwigs
• Hornets
• Mites
• Rodents
• Silverfish Spiders
• Ticks
• Wasps

If you're interested in discussing Guardian Residential Protection Services for your home, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

Dave's Pest Control
Serving Central Massachusetts
www.davespestcontrol.net

And the winner is....

Congratulations to our lucky Worcester Home Show Raffle Winner...Sean Murray!

Sean won a 2010 Dave's Pest Control Guardian Protection Plan which will protect his home from damaging and unhealthy pests all year!

To learn more about our Guardian Protection Plan, visit our web site or give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

Stay tuned! I'll be outlining the Guardian Protection Plan in the upcoming blogs!

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Serving Central Massachusetts
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Earwigs

Earwigs, sometimes called pincerbugs, have the characteristic pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen. These nocturnal insects often hide in small, moist crevices. c tables, compost and waste bins, patios, lawn furniture, window frames, or anything with minute spaces can potentially harbor them.

Earwigs are primarily scavengers, but some are omnivorous or predatory. During their nighttime activity they feed on a wide variety of insects and plants. Plants that they feed on include clover, dahlias, zinnias, butterfly bush, hollyhock, lettuce, cauliflower, strawberry, sunflowers, celery, peaches, plums, grapes, potatoes, roses, seedling beans and beets, and tender grass shoots and roots; they have also been known to eat corn silk, damaging the corn.

Earwigs are harmless to people. There is no evidence that they transmit diseases to humans or other animals. Their pincers are commonly believed to be dangerous, but cause little harm to humans. It is a common urban legend that earwigs crawl into the human ear and lay eggs in the brain. Finding earwigs in the human ear is rare, as most species do not fly and prefer dark and damp areas rather than typical bedrooms.

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Thinking About Hiring A Pest Management Professional?

If you're thinking about hiring a pest management professional (PMP) there are a few things you should know. I'll be detailing some of the questions and concerns in upcoming blogs.

One important item is to ask the PMP to outline their plan for dealing with your pest problem. Have the PMP describe why and where the pesticide applications will take place. Ask what products will be used for each application. If you do not understand the information they are presenting, ask them to further explain the procedure.

You may want to review the labels of pesticides and discuss techniques the applicator intends to use. Ask if lower-risk pesticide alternatives are available. Note special safety concerns in the contract, such as family members with allergies and health problems, infants, the elderly, pregnant women, and pets. The choice of pesticides and/or other methods must reflect these concerns.

Also, inquire about special instructions you should follow to reduce your exposure to the pesticides that will be applied.

• Should you be out of the house, building, or office during and after the application?
• For how long?
• What about drying time or ventilation?
• What should you expect after the application?
• Will there be any odors or visible residues?

Always ensure that the service representative and the PMP holds a commercial pesticide applicator's license. Although the applicator of pesticides is required to hold a license, it is wise to have someone trained and certified to make the appropriate recommendations for pesticide use.

If you're concerned about pests in your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009. We've been providing homeowners and commercial property owners with complete pest control services throughout the Worcester County area for over 35 years.

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Do Not Watch This Before Bedtime!

If you're concerned that you have bed bugs in your home, hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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Yellowjackets...Bee or Wasp?

Yellowjackets are frequently and mistakenly called bees, but they are in fact part of the wasp family. Workers yellowjackets are sometimes confused with honey bees, especially when flying in and out of their nests. Yellowjackets, in contrast to honey bees, are not covered with tan-brown dense hair on their bodies and lack the flattened hairy hind legs used to carry pollen.

Yellowjackets have a lance-like stinger with small barbs and typically sting repeatedly. Occasionally, the stinger becomes lodged in the victim's skin and pulls free of the wasp's body. The venom is primarily only dangerous to those who are allergic, unless a victim receives a large number of stings.

Nests are built in trees, shrubs, or in protected places such as inside human-made structures (attics, hollow walls or flooring, in sheds, under porches, and eaves of houses), or in soil cavities, mouse burrows, and such. Nests are made from wood fiber chewed into a paper-like pulp.

If you're concerned that you have yellowjackets near your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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Let's Do One More....

Okay....here's one more quiz to test your knowledge about pest.

1. True or false: A tick is more like an insect than a spider.
2. What pest has a boiling-hot response when attacked?


Scroll down for the answers....

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1. False — ticks are more like spiders than insects. While most insects have three body regions, ticks only have one body region.

2. The bombardier beetle can shoot boiling chemicals at its attacker if it feels like it is in danger. The spray is extremely smelly and can reach temperatures of 100 degrees Celsius.

Bald-Faced Hornets

The bald-faced hornet (or white-faced hornet) is not a true hornet at all. It belongs to a genus of wasps called yellowjackets in North America, and is more distantly related to true hornets like the Asian giant hornet or European hornet, but the term "hornet" is often used colloquially to refer to any vespine with an exposed aerial nest.

The bald-faced hornet lives throughout North America, including southern Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the western coast of the United States, and most of the eastern US. They are most common in the southeastern United States. They are best known for their large football-shaped paper nest, which they build in the spring for raising their young. These nests can sometimes reach 3 feet tall. Like the median wasp Dolichovespula media in Europe, bald-faced hornets are extremely protective of their nests and will sting repeatedly if disturbed.

Every year young queens that were born and fertilized the previous year start a new colony and raise their young. The workers expand the nest by chewing up wood that mixes with a starch in their saliva, which they spread with their mandibles and legs to dry into paper. The workers also guard the nest and collect nectar and arthropods to feed the larvae. This continues through summer and into fall. As winter approaches, the wasps die, except for young fertilized queens which hibernate underground or in hollow trees. The nest is generally abandoned by winter, and will most likely not be reused. When spring arrives the young queens emerge, and the cycle begins again.

If you're concerned that you have hornets around your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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The Nest Museum....Really!

Okay, I'm known to keep a few "treasures" I've come across while performing pest control services, but this guy has me beat!



If you're concerned that you wasps, hornet, yellow jackets in your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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About Bora-Care

Bora-Care is essential in Green Pest Management. Bora-Care. It is a combination of the naturally found mineral borate and a patented mixture of glycol-based components that easily absorb into the porous fibers of wood and draw the borates with it.  And since borates don’t break down, the protection from termites and their ability to tube over wood and cement remains for the life of the wood.

Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate, or DOT, is Bora-Care’s active ingredient. This patented product provides you with a low toxicity solution. And that means that Bora-Care can be used with confidence in and around homes, apartments, schools, hospitals, kennels, farm buildings, trailers, warehouses, non-food areas of supermarkets, restaurants and food processing plants.

If you're interested in a "green" pest control solution for your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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Termite Damage Is Serious

Termites are wood-destroying insects that, according to experts estimates, cause about $5 billion of property damage each year.



Depending on your geographical location, termite swarms should be visible in the early spring. Termite swarms can be confused with flying ants. Telltale signs of termite infestation include soft wood in the home, mud tubes in the interior or exterior of your home (often near the foundation), and darkening or blistering of wood structures.

Termites are nearly impossible for homeowners to treat on their own. On the other hand, pest control professionals have the training, expertise and technology to eliminate termite infestations.

If you're concerned that you have termites your home or place of business, give Dave a call at 1-800-400-6009.

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